George Herbert
Welsh-born English poet and priest, 1593-1633
18 quotes.
Quotes by George Herbert
- A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.
- Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy; calmness is a great advantage.
- Dare to be true. Nothing can need a ly: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
- Dare to be true; nothing can need a lie.
- He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
- He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for every one has need to be forgiven.
- Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee.
- If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a fair correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.
- Keep good company, and you shall be of the number.
- Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. Let mouth and heart be one; beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie.
- One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.
- Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
- Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
- Speak fitly, or be silent wisely.
- The shortest answer is doing.
- Think of ease, but work on.
- Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.
- Would you know what money is, go borrow some.